Linda Tillery, a trailblazer in the Northern California music scene, will celebrate her 76th birthday on September 1 at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. Her illustrious career spans over…
By Gary Kramer– Would it be hell to indulge in nothing but pleasure for days on end? That is the conceit of the ambitious new thriller, Blink Twice, opening August…
By Jan Wahl– The Beverly Hillbillies theme song was really the soundtrack of my early life. I grew up in West Los Angeles, the land of swimming pools and movie…
By Gary Kramer– America, opening August 9 in the Bay Area, is an outstanding film about three intertwined lives. Out gay writer/director Ofir Raul Graizer’s (The Cakemaker) thoughtful, meditative character…
The international Festival del Sole, started in 2003 in Tuscany, Italy, and now held in the Napa Valley, will take place this year from August 1–4 at The Green Music…
By Jan Wahl– Summer is a perfect time to cool off with a hot book. One I just finished has the best title ever: Sin in Soft Focus. It is…
By Gary M. Kramer– The excellent character study Sebastian, opening August 2 at the Landmark Opera Plaza, has Max (Ruaridh Mollica), a writer, secretly working as Sebastian, an escort. He…
By Jan Wahl– I’ve never been a selfie addict, one of those many folks looking for a place to pose with the phone cam. But I might just take one…
By Gary M. Kramer– Director Luke Gilford’s auspicious directorial debut, the engaging romantic drama National Anthem, is a dramatic adaptation of his photo book of the same name. Depicting the…
By Jan Wahl– Jennie Livingston’s vibrant Paris Is Burning, the amazing Brokeback Mountain, the funny yet relevant But I’m a Cheerleader, and the incandescent Tangerine are just some of the…
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